Rega Planar 8

Rega Planar 8 - A demonstration in turntable development

With the new Planar 8, Rega has taken their NOK 300,000 Naiad turntable, which few can afford, and made it much more accessible by choosing some more economical material choices. This means that you get many of the design solutions that Rega developed with the exclusive Naiad, but at a price where you no longer have to settle for dreaming about it. In that way, the Planar 8 is a "mini Naiad", and that means you get a turntable that really pulls all the information out of the vinyl at a more than reasonable price.

Highlights

• Rega's friction and blur-free RB-880 tonearm
• Ultra lightweight plinth for best performance
• New center bearing with subplate
• Plate plate in triple glass layer with super flywheel effect
• EBLT precision drive belt for precise speed stability
• Double Brace Technology prevents coloration of the sound
• New Tancast 8 lightweight splint
• 24V low-vibration motor with technology from Naiad
• Neo PSU with digital motor control

Best possible sound for the money

All the elements of the Planar 8 are designed with the aim of reproducing as many details from the vinyl groove as possible, and therefore Rega has, among other things, developed the brand new RB-880 tonearm. It is equipped with an advanced zero-tolerance bearing construction, which provides a friction-free movement completely without any play, and its improved bearing assembly of lightweight aluminum and stainless steel, gives the tonearm better rigidity and stability. This makes the tonearm the ideal partner for even the very best pickups.

The Planar 8 also comes with an all new lightweight center bearing mount which is designed to eliminate the unwanted energy normally transferred or accumulated in the plinth. The underplate is precision machined from aluminium, and has a center spindle in tool steel, which together with a bearing well in brass forms the center bearing.

The record plate is in a triple layer of glass, where most of the mass is placed on its outside, so that a large flywheel effect is created, and at the same time its inside is made as stiff and light as possible. The solution creates the perfect compromise, because the turntable needs extra mass to be able to maintain a constant rotation speed, but too much weight can quickly cause problems for the center bearing. This is completely avoided with the solutions in Planar 8.